The status of forestry development in Ethiopia: challenges and opportunities
(Wubalem Tadesse, Director, Forest Research Center, EIAR) - (Presentation)
Importance of biodiversity for agricultural intensification and climate change adaptation in Ethiopia
(Gemedu Dale, Director General, Institute of Biodiversity) - (Presentation)
Contribution of traditional agro-forestry to agricultural intensification and climate change adaptation
(Zenebe Asfaw, Hawassa Unversity, Wondo Genet college of Forestry and Natural Resources) - (Presentation)
Group 2: Incentives for integrating trees into crop and livestock systems (policy, market, food security, etc): current status, gaps and suggestion for improvement (Chairperson: Kindu, ILRI)
Group 3: Interventions/post-plantation management/niches: farm, landscape, communal, private: current status, gaps and suggestion for improvement (Chair person: Yitebitu, FRC)
National Platform Meeting on Land and Water Management in Ethiopia
23-24 July 2012
Large auditorium, ILRI Campus, Addis Ababa.
Welcome, introduction of participants and introduction of the agenda
IWMI
(Kiros Hagos, Director of Mekelle University) - (Presentation)
(Wubalem Tadesse, Director, Forest Research Center, EIAR) - (Presentation)
10:45
11:10
(Gemedu Dale, Director General, Institute of Biodiversity) - (Presentation)
(Zenebe Asfaw, Hawassa Unversity, Wondo Genet college of Forestry and Natural Resources) - (Presentation)
(Habtemariam Kassa, CIFOR) - (Presentation)
(Kelali Adhana, Director General, Tigray Science and Technology Agency)
Addis Ababa University (AAU)
(Gebru Jember, Climate Change Forum Ethiopia)
(Tilahun Amede, ILRI/IWMI)
Group 1: Seed and seedling system (private, community, public): current status, gaps and suggestions for improvement (Chairperson: Abayneh, FRC)
Group 2: Incentives for integrating trees into crop and livestock systems (policy, market, food security, etc): current status, gaps and suggestion for improvement (Chairperson: Kindu, ILRI)
Group 3: Interventions/post-plantation management/niches: farm, landscape, communal, private: current status, gaps and suggestion for improvement (Chair person: Yitebitu, FRC)
Group 4: Open grazing and collective action/by-laws: current status, gaps and suggestions for improvement (Chairperson: Betru, Bureau of Agriculture)
Mekelle University
CIFOR
(Presentations)
ILRI
12:30
(Presentations)
Policy support (Simon Langan)
Ecosystem resilience and climate change
ILRI/IWMI
Water Action